Thanks to our listener Alan for recommending this episode!

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Research Sources:

Attack Over Baghdad [Television series episode]. (2005, September 21). In Mayday Air Disasters. Cineflix.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Baghdad_DHL_attempted_shootdown_incident

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